NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Homestead-Miami explained

Race Title:Baptist Health Cancer Care 200
Series Long:NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Venue:Homestead–Miami Speedway
Location:Homestead, Florida, United States
Sponsor:Baptist Health
Distance:201miles
Laps:134
Stages 1/2: 40
Final stage: 54
Previous Names:Florida Dodge Dealers 400 (1996–2001)
Ford 200 (2002–2011)
Ford EcoBoost 200 (2012–2019)
Baptist Health 200 (2020, 2022)
Most Wins Driver:Kyle Busch (3)
Most Wins Team:Kyle Busch Motorsports (5)
Most Wins Manufacturer:Toyota (12)
Surface:Asphalt
Length Mi:1.5
Turns:4

The Baptist Health Cancer Care 200 is an annual 200-mile (321.869 km) NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race held at the Homestead–Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. The race began as a 250-mile race in 1996, but beginning with the 2002 season, the race was shortened by 50 miles.

History

Beginning as a 250-mile race, the inaugural race in 1996 was won by Ford racing driver Dave Rezendes after starting the race tenth on the grid.[1] The following year, John Nemechek was seriously injured in a crash during the race and died several days later, becoming the first of two drivers (the other being Tony Roper in 2000) to die from injuries sustained in a crash in the Truck Series.

Kenny Irwin Jr. and Rick Crawford won the second and third running of the race, while Mike Wallace won the event in 1999 after going an extra seven miles. In 2000, Chevrolet racing driver, Andy Houston won the event after qualifying third on the grid; the highest starting position for any of the winners at the time. Ted Musgrave won the final 250-mile race ahead of Travis Kvapil in 2001.[2]

For the 2002 running of the race, the race's distance was shortened by 50 miles and was moved to November, becoming the last race in the championship season.[3] Ron Hornaday Jr. recorded the win ahead of the defending winner Musgrave. The next five runnings of the race were won by Bobby Hamilton, Kasey Kahne, Todd Bodine, Mark Martin and Johnny Benson Jr. In 2008, Bodine became the first driver to win the event more than once.[4] Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Johnny Sauter won the next three editions of the event in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

In 2020, the race was moved from the season finale to the third round of the schedule. Although initially scheduled for Friday, March 20,[5] the race was postponed to Saturday, June 13 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] Baptist Health assumed naming rights for the event.[7]

The 2021 race was replaced by the Sunoco 159 at the Daytona International Speedway road course, a move that followed the Cup and Xfinity Series changing from Auto Club Speedway to Daytona because of COVID-19. However, the two higher series retained their Homestead races for the 2021 season.[8]

Past winners

YearDateDriverTeamManufacturerRace distanceRace timeAverage speed
(mph)		Ref
LapsMiles (km)
1996March 177Dave RezendesGeoff Bodine RacingFord167250.5 (403.14)2:30:12102[9]
1997March 1698Kenny Irwin Jr.Liberty RacingFord167250.5 (403.14)2:34:1398.565[10]
1998April 414Rick CrawfordCircle Bar RacingFord167250.5 (403.14)2:11:17114.475[11]
1999March 202Mike WallaceUltra MotorsportsFord172*258 (415.21)2:20:58109.813[12]
2000February 2660Andy HoustonAddington RacingChevrolet167250.5 (403.14)1:55:50129.755[13]
2001March 41Ted MusgraveUltra MotorsportsDodge167250.5 (403.14)2:07:11118.176[14]
2002November 1511Ron Hornaday Jr.Xpress MotorsportsChevrolet134201 (323.478)1:30:30133.26[15]
2003November 144Bobby HamiltonBobby Hamilton RacingDodge134201 (323.478)1:40:08120.439[16]
2004November 192Kasey KahneUltra MotorsportsDodge134201 (323.478)1:44:56114.93[17]
2005November 19*30Todd BodineGermain RacingToyota134201 (323.478)1:40:34119.92[18]
2006November 176Mark MartinRoush RacingFord134201 (323.478)1:35:42126.019[19]
2007November 1623Johnny Benson Jr.Bill Davis RacingToyota138*207 (333.134)1:32:20134.513[20]
2008November 1430Todd BodineGermain RacingToyota137*205.5 (330.72)1:36:57127.179[21]
2009November 204Kevin HarvickKevin Harvick Inc.Chevrolet136*204 (328.306)1:32:43132.015[22]
2010November 1918Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota134201 (323.478)1:41:43118.55[23]
2011November 1813Johnny SauterThorSport RacingChevrolet119*178.5 (287.267)1:25:25125.385[24]
2012November 1633Cale GaleEddie Sharp RacingChevrolet140*210 (337.962)1:43:47121.407[25]
2013November 1551Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota148*222 (357.274)2:01:57109.225[26]
2014November 1454Darrell Wallace Jr.Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota134201 (323.478)1:45:59113.791[27]
2015November 2088Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota134201 (323.478)1:35:10126.725[28]
2016November 189William ByronKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota134201 (323.478)1:32:57129.747[29]
2017November 1729Chase BriscoeBrad Keselowski RacingFord134201 (323.478)1:28:58135.556[30]
2018November 1616Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota134201 (323.478)1:30:13133.684[31]
2019November 1516Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota134201 (323.478)1:31:43131.492[32]
2020June 13*51Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota134201 (323.478)1:54:23105.435[33]
2021Not held
2022October 2266Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingToyota134201 (323.478)1:30:35133.137[34]
2023October 2142Niece Motorsports134201 (323.478)1:48:41110.965[35]
2024October 26
Notes

Multiple winners (drivers)

  1. of wins
DriverYears won
3Kyle Busch2010, 2013, 2020
2Todd Bodine2005, 2008

Multiple winners (teams)

  1. of wins
TeamYears won
5Kyle Busch Motorsports2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020
3Ultra Motorsports1999, 2001, 2004
ThorSport Racing2011, 2015, 2022
2Germain Racing2005, 2008
Hattori Racing Enterprises2018, 2019

Manufacturer wins

  1. of wins
MakeYears won
12 Toyota2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013-2016, 2018-2020, 2022
6 Ford1996-1999, 2006, 2017
Chevrolet2000, 2002, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2023
3 Dodge2001, 2003, 2004

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: With title already won, still plenty to race for at Miami . https://archive.today/20130129140721/http://premium.nascar.com/2009/news/features/11/18/numbers.truck.homestead/index.html . dead . January 29, 2013 . Turner Sports . NASCAR . November 24, 2009 . July 23, 2012 . Stanfield, Chris .
  2. Web site: Musgrave easily wins Truck Series event at Homestead . Turner Sports . NASCAR . March 4, 2001 . July 23, 2012 . Rodman, Dave .
  3. Web site: Homestead: Hornaday wins race, Bliss the championship . Motorsport . November 16, 2002 . July 23, 2012.
  4. Web site: Benson wins Truck title over Hornaday in final laps . Turner Sports . NASCAR . November 17, 2008 . July 23, 2012.
  5. Web site: Norman. Brad. 2020 schedules for Xfinity Series, Gander Trucks unveiled. NASCAR. April 3, 2019. January 6, 2020.
  6. Web site: NASCAR postpones Atlanta, Homestead races. ESPN. March 13, 2020. March 13, 2020.
  7. Baptist Health is named Entitlement Sponsor of the Homestead-Miami Speedway's 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series race.. Homestead–Miami Speedway. June 5, 2020. June 5, 2020.
  8. News: New 2021 Event Dates & Details Announced. Homestead–Miami Speedway. January 4, 2021.
  9. Web site: 1996 Florida Dodge Dealers 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  10. Web site: 1997 Florida Dodge Dealers 400K. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  11. Web site: 1998 Florida Dodge Dealers 400K. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  12. Web site: 1999 Florida Dodge Dealers 400K. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  13. Web site: 2000 Florida Dodge Dealers 400K. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  14. Web site: 2001 Florida Dodge Dealers 400K. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  15. Web site: 2002 Ford 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  16. Web site: 2003 Ford 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  17. Web site: 2004 Ford 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  18. Web site: 2005 Ford 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  19. Web site: 2006 Ford 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  20. Web site: 2007 Ford 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  21. Web site: 2008 Ford 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  22. Web site: 2009 Ford 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  23. Web site: 2010 Ford 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  24. Web site: 2011 Ford 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  25. Web site: 2012 Ford EcoBoost 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  26. Web site: 2013 Ford EcoBoost 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  27. Web site: 2014 Ford EcoBoost 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  28. Web site: 2015 Ford EcoBoost 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  29. Web site: 2016 Ford EcoBoost 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  30. Web site: 2017 Ford EcoBoost 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  31. Web site: 2018 Ford EcoBoost 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  32. Web site: 2019 Ford EcoBoost 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  33. Web site: 2020 Baptist Health 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  34. Web site: 2022 Baptist Health 200. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2022.
  35. Web site: 2023 Baptist Health Cancer Care 200. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2023.

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